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Proactive with Profar
Jurickson Profar ((USATSI))
Jurickson Profar's stay might be short-lived, but who really knows for sure? Our Scott White is willing to find out with the 20-year old on all of his rosters. Full story
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1Mitch Moreland, TEX, 1B37
2Jerome Williams, LAA, RP34
3Jurickson Profar, TEX, SS28
4Scott Feldman, CHC, SP26
5Brandon McCarthy, ARI, SP25
6Jake Odorizzi, TB, SP24
7Josh Lindblom, TEX, RP21
8Rick Porcello, DET, SP20
9Francisco Liriano, PIT, SP19
10Eric Chavez, ARI, 3B19
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1Carlos Villanueva, CHC, SP-31
2Tony Cingrani, CIN, SP-30
3Hector Santiago, CHW, RP-21
4Yuniesky Betancourt, MIL, 1B-18
5Barry Zito, SF, SP-16
6Ross Detwiler, WAS, SP-16
7Josh Beckett, LAD, SP-16
8Kevin Slowey, MIA, SP-14
9Jaime Garcia, STL, SP-13
10Justin Grimm, TEX, SP-13
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Patrick Corbin good, but not this good
by Scott White | Senior Fantasy Writer
(3:47 pm ET) Some of the trade scenarios involving the Diamondbacks' Patrick Corbin in Tuesday's Fantasy Baseball Today chat were positively nutty. Yoenis Cespedes for Corbin? Matt Kemp for Corbin? Get real.

Listen, I like Corbin. I picked him up in a few leagues a couple weeks into the season and have been starting him fairly consistently since then. I even moved him up to 43rd in my starting pitcher rankings after his latest masterpiece at Colorado, of all places. And he deserves it. The improvement he's made this season is legitimate. But just because I've enjoyed what he's done for me doesn't mean I've lost all perspective with him.

He's not Clayton Kershaw. He's not even Matt Harvey. He won't be in the Cy Young discussion at season's end. And when his ERA normalizes to something right around 3.00, his limited strikeout potential will make him less than an automatic start.

Check out Wade Miley's numbers on June 24 last year. Much of what people are saying about Corbin now they were saying about Miley then. No, Miley didn't collapse -- and neither will Corbin -- but his numbers did normalize.


Jose Molina not in Rays' lineup
by Chris Cwik | CBSSports.com
(3:46 pm ET) Rays catcher Jose Molina is not in the team's starting lineup Tuesday against the Blue Jays.

Molina has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury. He'll be replaced by Jose Lobaton, who will hit eighth. Molina is hitting .221/.265/.325 in 77 at-bats. 


Ubaldo Jimenez might be on to something
by Al Melchior | Data Analyst
(3:45 pm ET) Fantasy owners are starting to trust Ubaldo Jimenez once again, as he has reeled off four straight starts in which he's allowed no more than two earned runs on the way to a 1.90 ERA over that span. Three straight games for the Indians with eight or more strikeouts have just deepened the intrigue.

Jimenez is still not getting swings and misses like he did earlier in his career, but he is getting more called strikes, especially on his slider. Perhaps it's not coincidence that, according to FanGraphs.com, Jimenez is getting first pitch strikes at his highest rate in three seasons, and he's throwing his slider more often on first pitches, per BrooksBaseball.net.

It's still a short-term trend, so Fantasy owners shouldn't put too much stock in it, and hitters could always make adjustments. Especially since Jimenez isn't going deep into games consistently, I wouldn't feel safe starting him in standard mixed leagues yet, but it's worth seeing how he fares in his next couple of starts.


'So far, so good' for Carlos Zambrano
by Michael Hurcomb | CBSSports.com
(3:44 pm ET) Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. talked Tuesday about his plans for Carlos Zambrano, who signed a minor-league contract last week.

"He pitches again (Tuesday in extended spring) and we’ll try to get him stretched out before we get him into a game in the lower minors. Maybe in Clearwater first," Amaro told The Philadelphia Inquirer. "We’ll see if he’s a viable option for us. At some point he’ll go to the upper levels once he gets stretched out. So far, so good with him."


Chase Utley blocking Cesar Hernandez
by Michael Hurcomb | CBSSports.com
(3:41 pm ET) Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said he's keeping tabs on second base prospect Cesar Hernandez, who is batting .319 with a .380 on-base percentage in 42 games for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, but there's no need to bring him to the majors with Chase Utley playing well.

"Cesar Hernandez is swinging the bat well," Amaro told The Philadelphia Inquirer. "There are some other guys playing pretty well, too, and they’re all on our radar screen. But Cesar is not going to come up and play for Chase."


Shane Victorino out of Tuesday's lineup
by Chris Cwik | CBSSports.com
(3:39 pm ET) Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino is not in the team's starting lineup Tuesday against the White Sox.

Victorino left Monday's game with hamstring tightness, but he doesn't believe the injury is serious. Victorino is hitting .283/.343/.362 in 127 at-bats this season. He may return to the lineup Wednesday against Chris Sale. 


Ryan Howard returns from two-game absence
by Michael Hurcomb | CBSSports.com
(3:34 pm ET) Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard rejoined the starting lineup Tuesday at Miami after missing two games with a knee injury. Howard enters play Tuesday mired in a 4-for-34 slump in his last nine games (eight starts).

Adam Lind back in cleanup spot
by Chris Cwik | CBSSports.com
(3:31 pm ET) Blue Jays first baseman Adam Lind is back in the cleanup spot Tuesday. 

Lind has been off to a strong start this season, hitting .279/.396/.465 in 86 at-bats this year. Lind went 0 for 2 in his first game in the leadoff spot Monday. He'll face Rays starter Alex Cobb. 


Phillies not ready to call on Darin Ruf
by Michael Hurcomb | CBSSports.com
(3:29 pm ET) The Phillies' struggles offensively have been well-documented and Ruben Amaro Jr. told The Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday he's looked into ways to improve the lineup. However, he said he doesn't feel Darin Ruf, who was competing for a starting job in the outfield, is the solution to bolster a struggling lineup.

"(Darin) Ruf has done well, although he’s coming off a little bit of a slump lately," Amaro said. "Ruf has done OK, but he still needs work in the outfield. While he’s done OK offensively, I’m not sure he’s better than the options we have."

Although, Amaro said Ruf is probably the top option at first base in case something long-term happens to Ryan Howard, who is battling a knee injury.

"I would think so. He’s played first base about twice a week, so we know he can do that," Amaro said.


Time to act on Michael Pineda
by Scott White | Senior Fantasy Writer
(3:27 pm ET) When Michael Pineda had surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff last year, it was thought to be career-threatening. But seeing as he's passed every test with flying colors so far, hitting the mid-90s with his fastball and completing a 51-pitch outing in extended spring training Saturday, making a play for him in Fantasy no longer seems like a stab in the dark.

He has something in the way of a timetable now. The Yankees want him to make two more extended spring training starts before beginning a minor-league rehab assignment that can't last more than 30 days. The way the math works out, he's potentially just six weeks away.

Obviously, Brandon Beachy is the more exciting long-term stash at starting pitcher. Coming off Tommy John surgery, he's a safer bet to pick up where he left off and is probably just a month of returning. But Pineda is next on the list. Remember: He was getting drafted as a top-20 starting pitcher at the time of his injury last year.


 
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